SEO and AI Search Manager (Remote, Kitchener)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Kitchener; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency. As SEO and AI Search Manager you own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the technical roadmap, the content priorities and the ranking story when the client asks what moved. You are the strategic voice at the table, and you make the calls.

You will work with writers and AI to develop drafts, conduct audits, and report in GA4 and Search Console, guiding multi-location SEO and local search while aligning with client goals.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO with audits and fixes executed personally.
• Fluency with GA4, Search Console, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush.
• Agency experience spanning multiple clients simultaneously.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO including crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, and site architecture.
• Lead keyword strategy, on-page optimization, and content priorities with writers and AI.
• Get clients found in AI search alongside traditional organic results.
• Manage links, local search, and multi-location SEO as needed.
• Provide GA4 and Search Console reporting and quarterly client roadmaps.

Skills

SEO expertise

Client communication

English fluency (US calls)

Agency experience

Tools

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Google Search Console

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

• Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa)
  

• Marketing
• Full time
• Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa)

Search only. Paid media is a separate seat with its own strategist, so you are never split across both.

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency. As SEO and AI Search Manager you own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the technical roadmap, the content priorities and the ranking story when the client asks what moved. You are the strategic voice at the table, and you make the calls.

What You Will Own

• Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities, with writers and AI producing the drafts.
• Getting clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, alongside classic organic results.
• Links, local search and multi-location SEO where the client needs it.
• Reporting in GA4 and Search Console, and the quarterly roadmap for each client.
  

What You Bring

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO: you have run the audits and made the fixes yourself.
• Fluency with Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush.
• Agency experience across several clients at once.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.